Historical Writings

  • The Secret of a Happy Life

    A SERMON DELIVERED ON LORD'S-DAY MORNING, JULY 16, 1876, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "I have set the Lord always before Me: because He is at My right hand, I shall not be moved." Psalm 16:8. IN the preceding verses we read, "The lines are fallen unto Me in pleasant places;…

  • Enquire of the Lord

    A SERMON DELIVERED ON LORD'S-DAY MORNING, JULY 9, 1876, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "Thus says the Lord God, I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock. As the holy flock, as…

  • Good Cheer For Outcasts

    A SERMON DELIVERED ON THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 15, 1876, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "He gathers together the outcasts of Israel." Psalm 147:2. DOES not this show us the great gentleness and infinite mercy of God? And as we know most of God in the Person of our Lord, Jesus Christ,…

  • A Prince and a Savior

    A SERMON DELIVERED ON LORD'S-DAY MORNING, JUNE 25, 1876, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "Him has God exalted with His right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, for to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins." Acts 5:31. THE same fact appears very differently to different people. Our…

  • Life’s Need and Maintenance

    A SERMON DELIVERED ON LORD'S-DAY MORNING, JUNE 18, 1876, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "None can keep alive his own soul" Psalm 22:29. WE must commence by noticing the connection so that we may arrive at the first meaning of the words. There is a day coming when the true God…